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The 2025 Isle of Wight Spring Art & Garden Fair
18th - 19th April £4.00 - £15.00
Spring is here and we can’t wait to welcome you to the 2025 Isle of Wight Spring Art & Garden Fair…Get 10% off tickets until 10th April when you buy online below!
The 2025 Isle of Wight Spring Art & Garden Fair makes a triumphant return back to its normal Easter time slot and will take place this year on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th April (Good Friday and Easter Saturday) and will be open for visitors between 10am and 5pm daily. This year single day tickets and discounted two day tickets are available for the first time because of frequent requests from regular visitors. And don’t forget as always the Fair is family and wallet friendly with all children 16 and under free to enter…perfect for an Easter treat with the young ones!
We are delighted to announce that Red Funnel Ferries have kindly agreed to continue the sponsorship of the event in 2025. We are also excited to welcome the RHS to the event for the first time, who’ll be providing expertise and assistance for all your gardening related questions.
Also new for 2025 is the Roots & Shoots Plants Talk Tent with a range of fantastic speakers over the two days that gardening and plant enthusiasts will absolutely love. Talks are free to attend as a Fair visitor but as some are likely to be oversubscribed and very popular, you can reserve a seat in advance for a small donation if you want to. Click below to find out who’s speaking at the Roots & Shoots Talk Tent:
The Isle of Wight Spring Art & Garden Fair brings together a fantastic collection of different exhibitors of all types, including garden and plant nurseries from the Island and mainland who will be taking space on the lawns of our historic venue, as well as a fantastic Island artist showcase inside the elegant rooms of the main house itself. Its a diverse and eclectic event which visitors love.
It’s great for gardening folk…with plants, shrubs, tools, ironmongery, landscaping products and other outdoor leisure products all on display over the two-day event. Guest mainland exhibitors who normally exhibit at the large RHS mainland shows will be attendance selling the highest quality plant stock. Plus there’s a huge range of other stands to see from artisan craft to local produce…all helping to make the perfect atmosphere that visitors love.
The Fair has grown into the Island’s most important public exhibition event for Island artists. You’ll see some incredible work on display in the Island Art Showcase inside Northwood House from some of the most talented and creative artists in their field, whether its in painting, photography and even sculpture. There will be a live painting demonstration complete with some human models as subject matter running through the weekend, where visitors can have a go at sketching and painting with tuition from experienced Island artists in situ.
There’s always good vibes…The popular Northwood House Lawn Bar will be open over the weekend serving the first Pimm’s of the season. You can catch some relaxing live music with our popular Spring Fair resident duos JC & Angelina and Mike & Amy Joliffee. So kick back, grab a glass of pinot and settle in for the afternoon.
Plus there’s the famous Spring Fair Tea Tent managed by the award-winning Northwood House Volunteers, serving fresh sandwiches, cakes and afternoon cream teas for everyone to enjoy. There will also be a tasty food from the Harbour Kitchen in Cowes as well as guest caterers from the mainland, the incredible Nordic Smokery…so there’s plenty to tickle your taste buds!
It’s Easter weekend and that wont go with out notice as we will have a free Easter Egg Trail for the kids around the event, where everyone will get a prize for taking part. The event is always great fun for families…with kids under 16 coming in free. There’s also fun to be had in the Kid’s Creation Station with more free art and craft activities for the younger ones, plus story telling and some seed planting thrown in for good measure. And if you love dogs…watch the team from ‘BARKING MAD’ who’ll be demonstrating dog agility, fly-ball and obedience training. You can even bring your own dog and have a go yourself!
Lovers of old vehicles will love the special annual display by the Isle of Wight Vintage Tractor Club who’ll be showing off some of their prized old tractors and engines from yesteryear, always a fabulous part of the Fair. Several of the Island’s best historic car clubs will be exhibiting too…along with some vehicles from the other end of the spectrum in our Electric Avenue.This features some of the best Electric Vehicles money can buy from local dealerships including from Ford & Nissan.
We’re also delighted to announce there will be our annual chainsaw sculpture carving event with charity auction. We’ll be joined again by top UK chainsaw artist, Paul Sivell who will be carving a beautiful timber sculpture over the weekend with his chainsaw. The sculpture will be available to buy through an auction on Saturday afternoon at 4pm if you love what you see and want to take it home! You can even bid online over the weekend if you want to make an offer! Half the sale proceeds are being donated to Northwood House Charitable Trust to support important restoration work planned for this summer and autumn.
The Spring Fair is sure to draw large crowds of visitors from across the Island over the new weekend date with craft and local food producers also in attendance, as well as a range of other quality Island businesses and organisations.
Just a small entry fee, with all proceeds going to Northwood House Charitable Trust for ongoing restoration work and maintenance of Northwood Park for everyone to enjoy. Get 10% if you buy in advance below before 10th April!
Please note that even though talks in the Roots & Shoots Plant Talk Tent are free to enter for show visitors, we can not and do not guarantee admission if the tent is full and oversubscribed with people attending. We apologise in advance for any disappointment this may cause. You can though make a £4 donation to reserve a seat for one of the main talks if you wish to in the booking section below to avoid any disappointment. All proceeds from donations will go directly to our Northwood House Volunteer Gardener funds to assist with the ongoing up keep of Northwood Park on behalf of the local community.
Car parking
Event parking is available on Northwood House’s event field, off of Ward Avenue at £4 per car. The main public pay and display car park in Park Road is also available for parking over the two days with cash and card facilities available.
Online Tickets available now to purchase below or pay at the gate with cash or card.
Please bring a copy of your ticket confirmation email as proof of purchase for entry on the day. We will have a data base of advance ticket purchasers on the gate for cross referencing.
Please note that advance entry or parking tickets aren’t refundable after the 11th April 2025 unless the Fair is completely cancelled to extreme weather but tickets can be swapped to the alternative day if required.
